 Good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight. In a moment, we will go to our study. You will see that we will not have a bulletin, but we'll go directly to our teaching, and then we'll conclude the teaching with a few words of encouragement to you who are viewing our services online. Please take the opportunity of letting us know that you're watching, and if you desire to give an offering, you can do so online. If you're watching us via computer, click on the give button in the upper right corner of your screen. If you're watching on your mobile device or iPad, click give under the menu button. If this is your first time giving digitally, follow the instruction under four ways to give to process your gift. You can also mail your checks to 12205 North Pipeline Avenue, Chino, California, 91710. And remember, you can still come in and use the kiosks we have in the foyer that are set up to process gifts, or you can place your gift in an envelope and hand it to one of our receptionists in the foyer. Thank you. And with that, let's get into the teaching. This is Solomon, or Song of Songs. It's called by both names. And we're looking at chapter four. Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, chapter four. So let's begin reading together here in chapter four at verse one. I'll read verses one through seven, and we'll get into our study. Behold you are fair, my love. Behold you are fair. You have Dove's eyes behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats. I'll let that set for a moment. Going down from Mount Gilead, your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep. And this guy knows how to talk, doesn't he? Which have come up from the washing, every one of which bears twins, and none is barren among them. Your lips are like a strand of scarlet. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate. Your neck is like the Tower of David built for an armory, none which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. And your toothed breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies. Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh. And to the hill of frankincense, you are all fair, my love. And there is no spot in you. From chapter one here in Song of Solomon to chapter three, verse five. Solomon has been writing as one who has yet to be married. So we saw that as things that were pertaining to conditions prior to their marriage. But when we got into chapter three verses six through ten, we saw Solomon who was arriving to take his bride. And then in chapter three, verse 11, that specifically speaks concerning Solomon's wedding day. And so what we've seen up to chapter four has been preparations for and then the coming for and then the actual wedding of Solomon and this young woman who is simply referred to as the Shulamite. When we get to chapter four, chapter four actually contains things that relate to a married couple. The word spouse is used six times from chapter four, verse eight to chapter five, verse one. And so what we have is we have him as he was some things pertaining to things prior to marriage, the wedding. And now what we end up with is we're going to be looking at the honeymoon. And so this chapter deals with the honeymoon. As we begin, this portion of scripture actually speaks very openly about sexual intimacy. And some people obviously in our day in churches such as this have a real problem with that topic. They may even think it's inappropriate to address. But the question has to be asked, where do many people get their ideas concerning physical intimacy? Where do many people get their ideas concerning intimacy? And secondly, we can personalize that by asking, where did you get your ideas concerning physical intimacy? You see, in our society, most get messages on sex in casual ways. You might walk into a bathroom and see something written on the bathroom wall, or you're driving down the freeway and you see something advertised on a billboard. Kids will speak about sex amongst themselves, sometimes fantasizing, sometimes giving vent to weird thoughts about it. Some people were introduced to images of sex by pictures and magazines that they found, or magazines that they were introduced to. Others will read these novels, these paperbacks that are sexual in nature. They may read them secretly or may even share them with their friends. And there are others who are discovering things concerning sex by looking at pictures on the internet, or they see R rated movies, or they're watching a program on television. Most kids, when they have sex education, movies in school, most of the kids I knew when we had those movies simply while we simply laughed at them, because they were so corny. Sometimes parents will do their best to give an introduction to the topic, but they're embarrassed when they do so and they end up saying, well you need to just wait and talk to your mom later on if you'd like. One thing for sure, the messages that people get today are pretty much the same. The general message you get in our culture is sex is for recreation. There are no repercussions to it and there are never any penalties attached to casual sex. So just enjoy it because it's like a sport. During the time of the Apostle Paul, Paul had to write a letter to a church in Corinth, Greece, a church that was very well known for its immorality because there were sexual things that were occurring that had to be addressed. And Paul wrote a letter to them. It's found in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 13 where he says and actually is using a common saying of the day amongst the Corinthians where they would say food for the stomach and the stomach for food. So Paul actually has quoted something that was well known in their culture and that was this. If you have an appetite, quench it. If you're thirsty, you drink. If you're hungry, you eat. And so they use this term food for the stomach and the stomach for food. And so they would say with that as a biological drive, if you're thirsty, you drink. If you're hungry, you eat. If you have a desire for intimacy, just engage in it. Well, Paul had to deal with that because that was something that was even within the thoughts of the church. And that's why he said food for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. And he went on to clarify. He says the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord and the Lord for the body. And so what you're saying is you may have a natural appetite, but there is a proper way to express the extinguishing of that appetite. There is a proper way to do that, in other words. And he's saying your body belongs to God. You see the message of sex is everywhere. We see it in our comedies. There was a show all of us are familiar with it was well known and it's now syndicated and so you can see reruns. And it was a show friends and it was one of those shows that promoted casual sex with the most effectiveness. Anybody who's ever watched this show knows the names of the characters. You have Joey and Monica, you have Chandler and Ross and you have Rachel and they were all one thing. They were all promiscuous, but they were likable. Who didn't like friends? But then again, who actually listened to the message and the message very often was in there was casual sex. So this message is everywhere, but the repercussions of sexual license is ignored. There are communities that have an 80% out of wedlock birth rate. That always increases poverty rates among children. Syphilis and gonorrhea genital herpes and various STDs are rampant today. And let's not forget that AIDS is a growing problem, but the message of abstinence is laughed at. And the question has to be why? Why wait? There are people who would say there's no reason to as I was sharing with you. We have it backwards in our society. You meet somebody, you have sex with that person, you get to know them. Then you might, you know, get engaged and then you get married. It's all backwards in the way that our society promotes that the message of sex. What we have here is an answer to that. What we have here in chapter four is a picture of a honeymoon and the joy of a honeymoon and what a honeymoon is supposed to be. And those of us who were married, we had our honeymoon experiences and the honeymoon is supposed to be an exhilarating time where a married couple enjoy one another and get to know one another in a very intimate way. It's supposed to be excitingly anticipated by the couple. It's supposed to be something that you look forward to. It's not just something that's routine. It's something that's new and fresh. It's something that's vital and that's what you see here in this chapter. When the couple is not engaged in premarital sex, it's something that the guy very often is real excited about. Our honeymoon. I have a friend of mine who's a pastor and his wife, I'm sorry, not his wife, his daughter. His daughter was getting married and she wanted daddy to just be part of the wedding and didn't want him to perform her wedding ceremony. So she asked if I would perform the ceremony so her dad could just be a guest at her wedding. And so I asked him, do you have any problem with that? And he was all in favor of it. And so they did all the premarital counseling and got the bride and groom to be prepared. And then on their wedding day, I performed their wedding. And I can still remember as I was standing with this young girl and she was virgin and he was virgin. They'd never been together in any way or if anybody else, it was a brand new experience for both of them. They're getting married and all. And as I was there on their wedding day, just before I performed the ceremony, I was in the back speaking to them. And I said to her as he was standing there, I said, now, you know, my counsel to you would be that after you get married today, I said, go to your, you know, on your honeymoon, sleep in separate rooms, you know, and just get to know each other better. And she's very innocently smiling at me going, oh yeah, okay, you know, and he, he's freaking, you know. And I looked at him and I said, you don't like that idea? Got you, I got you, you know, and he goes, oh, he's all, he thought I was serious. That guy, that guy wanted to get married in the worst way, but she's thinking, you know, what's another week? Men don't think that way, not at all. The honeymoon is something that's supposed to be exciting. It's anticipated. It's something that you really want to get involved in. I mean, you want, you want to enjoy yourself with your bride and your groom. Now in Solomon's day, the marriage ceremony was held in the open before witnesses. And at the conclusion of the ceremony, the bride and the groom would go into a private room. And then when the marriage had been consummated, they would return to the wedding celebration. And so that was the normal way that it was done. So this chapter here is with Solomon and his bride finally getting together and enjoying one another in an intimate fashion. Solomon is now able to enjoy his bride. And I want you to see how he approaches her. He begins by speaking to her. This is their honeymoon. And he's speaking to her and he begins to speak what are called words of love. He says in verse one, behold, you are fair, my love, behold, you're fair. He begins to speak to her. Now Solomon knew something that is very important to be aware of. And that is for women, intimacy normally begins with words and not with physical pressure. Now for a man, the desire for sexual intimacy doesn't need words. Just sight. If he looks at her, he's ready. He doesn't even need to know anything about the woman. He doesn't even need to know her name. Just looking at her and he could be ready. But Solomon knew something. Solomon knew that love making begins with him letting her know how much he loves her. And that's what he's saying, behold, you are fair, my love, behold, he says, you are fair. That's not a line. They're married. Solomon isn't trying to seduce her. You see before marriage, men might flatter a woman to try to engage in sexual intimacy. Some women sometimes seem to need to be flattered. It gives them permission to give in. And Solomon didn't use these words to break down her resistance because these words were sincere. These words were real. Words well chosen and sincerely spoken are the voice of the heart. And these were the words from his heart. This is a man who loved this woman enough to wait for her. And now he's letting her know that she was worth waiting for. You are fair, my love. You are fair. Well, earlier in the book in chapter one, verse five, she spoke of herself and she said, I am dark. In verse six of chapter one, she said, do not look upon me because I'm dark because the sun has tanned me. Well, Solomon would differ with that. Solomon is saying, no, you are very, very beautiful to me. And he begins to describe her as he's speaking. Notice, he says, you have Dove's eyes behind your veil. Dove's eyes. Dove's eyes. Once again, he's using these incredible images that no man would use today. I wouldn't say to Marie, you've got Dove's eyes. It just wouldn't go anywhere. But what is that really saying? When he says you have Dove's eyes, this is something that you can really gain from, especially we men, can gain from this. He's looking into her eyes as he's speaking. A lot of guys don't look into their wives' eyes. Some of you wives know exactly what I'm saying. We just don't. We don't look into her eyes. On couples retreats, there have been times over the years, not every year, but there have been times over the years that I have said to the husbands and the wives, okay, everybody, let's stand up. Now I want husbands, I want you to hold your wife by her hands and look at her. Just look at her for a moment. And I want you to look into her eyes and I want you to say to her, I love you. You ought to see the men swarm. It's true. Men aren't used to doing that. Are you kidding me? Hold and look at her. I'm not used to doing that. A lot of us are not. Come on, let's face it, we just don't do that. But that is one of the keys to a great relationship. It's an open relationship. He's able to hold her by the hands, look in her eyes and say, and as he's looking at her, say, I love you. That's something that men need to learn to do. And so that's how he's able to show her the depth of his concern for her and his love. He's looking right into her eyes and he's telling her openly how beautiful she is, how innocent she is. And this is a sincere form of intimacy, which actually is going to lead to physical intimacy. And he begins to comment on her beauty because her veil is now being removed. He had more than likely never seen her face completely uncovered. That's because a woman's beauty was reserved for her husband's eyes alone. So now he's beginning to see her and he's actually speaking what he's seen. And so he says, notice in verse one, your hair. So he spoke of her eyes, your hair is like a flock of goats going down from Mount Gilead. Now, I've told Marie that, but I usually go like this, your hair is like a flock of goats. She didn't like it. That's why I do it. She'll go, stop it. I did it in between services. I walked into the back and she was sitting and I go, oh, your hair is like a flock of goats. But that's terrible. I know that's why I do it. Your eyes are like doves. But what is he saying? He's saying you have an innocent purity about you and your hair as her veil is removed cascades. And so it's kind of wild and kind of beautiful. You know, in early days, there was, when I was a young man, a long time ago, there was a woman that was named Farrah Fawcett and her hair was all wild. And all the guys liked that. And there were all these posters of Farrah Fawcett with her wild hair. And that's kind of what he's using as an image. He's saying, I love your hair. It has that wild and free look to it. And he's complimenting her as he's speaking. Now it's interesting how he goes on in verse two to say, your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, which have come up from the washing. Every one of them bears twins and none is bearing among them. Now briefly, and then I'll develop this a little further, a woman would wear a veil until she was married. She removes it. Now her husband is seeing her beauty and he's saying, I am enchanted by your smile. You have a beautiful smile is what he's saying. Now when Marie and I met, the day that I met the girl who had become my wife, she was seated on a couch and I was there talking to her. And she was smiling at me. And I have to tell you, her smile captivated me. She had beautiful teeth. And that's basically what he's saying. And what's an interesting kind of humorous thing as he's saying this, at least by our standards, when he says, everyone, everyone of which bears twins and none is bearing among them. He's simply saying, you have all your teeth. What a great surprise. She removes her veil and she got two teeth. I mean, oh my, my, my, my, my. No, but she's got them all. And he said, all right. And he loves her smile. And that smile that she has is captivated his heart. He sees her as a beautiful woman. And as she's smiling at him, he's beginning to desire to kiss her. And that's why he says in verse three, your lips are like a strand of scarlet. Your mouth is lovely. And your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate. Why would you say that? Like you got apricot head. I mean, why are you saying that? A pomegranate is red in color. She's actually beginning to blush. She's actually when he's sharing with her and she's actually disrobing. And as this is happening and he's looking at her and he's complimenting her beauty, she's blushing at him and her blushing is causing him to even have a greater desire because of her purity. And as he's speaking to her and sharing these things, he's actually complimenting her because he wants to kiss her. There's something about her and she's beginning to blush with embarrassment. So he says in verse four, your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory on which hang a thousand bucklers. He's saying, you're open to me. You're not hiding. A tower is in the open. You're not hiding from me. You're not embarrassed by me, but you are obviously openly desirous of me. This is the proper time for them to be together. And she's not hesitating to be his, but he's not rushing forward. He's taking his time as he romances her and he continues. And he says in verse five, your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies. This is another way of saying you must work out. You've got a nice shape. She's youthful and she's beautiful, but he's not rushing into anything. You see, when he, when he uses a description of fawns or fawns are startled easily. So he's showing her consideration. He's aware of her limits and he's aware of her sensitivities. So as they're about to engage in intimacy, he's showing the utmost concern and not rushing brutishly into a relationship that's going to scar her and not going to be something that she finds pleasurable. You see, one of the things about intimacy is not just a man thing. It's not just all about the guy enjoying himself. It's actually created by God to be enjoyed by both husband and wife. You know, I come from a generation where people will say, well, you know, it's just the man, just the man. They're always after just one thing and this and that. And this generation, as I've seen this generation growing up, the younger women are beginning to think like men and acting like men and thinking that that's a good thing. It's not a good thing. But it's never been just about men. In the Bible, the Bible teaches that sexual intimacy is really about the couple. It's something that both enjoy, both male and female. It's not just a men who enjoy it. It's men and women. It was created by God for both's enjoyment. And Paul had to write about that in 1 Corinthians chapter seven, verses four and five. He said, the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. He went on to say, do not deprive one another except with the consent for a time that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer and come together again. So that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self control. He's saying that a married man and a married woman sees having just their own life. They now have one that is together. If the wife doesn't feel like being intimate or the husband doesn't feel like being intimate and yet one of the partners desires intimacy, then you satisfy their desire because that's the right thing to do, even if you don't feel like doing that. There are a lot of things that you do that you may not feel like doing, but it's the right thing to do at that moment. And so what happens is there is a time to deprive one another and that's the time when you're giving yourselves over to prayer and that's with consent, that's an agreement. But the fact is sometimes intimacy is experienced simply out of love for that person and not because of personal desire. Paul was saying, put the other person's needs before your own. And in this particular case, he's speaking concerning that. Now I want you to notice something in verse six where it says, until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense, until the day breaks and the shadows flee away. This isn't a one night stand. I'm going to stay with you not only through this time of intimacy, but when you wake up in the morning, I'll be with you then too. See, sometimes people get involved and it's kind of like this, come to my apartment and then I'll drive you home and then I've got other things to do. What Solomon is saying is simply this, this is something that's going to last. This is something that you'll wake up with and I'll be with you today and I'll be with you forever basically. We're going to have one another. I'm here forever with you, not just for a few minutes and I love you and I want to be with you. And so when he's speaking in that way until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, I will go to my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense. He's simply saying this is something that's going to last. I'm not going to leave you once we have had intimacy. I will remain with you. And in verse seven, you are all fair my love and there is no spot in you. She has disrobed and he's telling her, you are beautiful in every way. He's not criticizing her. He's not saying things about her body. He's simply saying there's nothing wrong with you at all. There's no negative comments about that. She's saying you're perfect for me and I want you to know that. Intimacy begins with words. It begins with sincerity, with no pressure. It continues on with an awareness of the other person's needs and the willingness and desire to meet those needs on both parts. And it continues on past that initial intimacy into a lifetime of relationship. Why wait? Because it's worth it. Why wait? Because you're building on the right foundation. Now in verse eight, the response, come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon, look from the top of Ammano, from the top of Sinir and Hermann, from the lion's dance, from the mountains of the leopards. From my sister, my spouse, you have ravished my heart with one look of your eyes, with one link of your necklace. How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse. How much better than wine is your love and the scent of your perfumes and all spices. Your lips, oh my spouse, drip as a honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. He's saying I want to take you from the low all the way to the high and I want you to be with me. I want you to go to the mountain top with me and to share my passion that I have. When it says in verse nine, you have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse. There's a passion involved here. He's passionately kissing her and her kisses intoxicate him and her perfumes are making his head spin. But I want to develop something with you. It's going to take a moment to do that. I want you to see how he calls her my sister, my spouse. That's an important thing and I sister my spouse. I got saved at the age of 20. About a month after getting saved, I went to San Luis Obispo with a friend of mine named Jim and Jim and I were there at a pier. That's right outside of the city limits and we were walking on the pier together just kind of just talking and all. There was one person on that pier that day. They were all way at the end of the pier and they were dropping some traps because that person was trapping some of the crab that was down there and he was going to take them and use them for food later on. They were going to eat the crab that he was catching. So we walked up Jim and I walked up and the guy looks up at us and he says, hey guys, how you doing? I looked back at this guy and he was around my age and I said, oh, we're doing good. I said, we're just here looking at the beauty of creation. Full creation God has produced for us. So he looks at me and he goes, you're a Christian and I said, yes, I just got saved and he goes, I'm a Christian too. I said, really? And we began to visit and he says, when did you get saved? And I said, in December on the 27th I said, I was at the Hollywood Palladium and an invitation was given and I gave my heart to Christ. He goes, the Hollywood Palladium on the 27th of December, I said, yes. He goes, I actually am a musician and I was playing at that concert. So the concert I was playing at, you got saved at. I said, how cool is that? And so we were visiting and now we're starting to get along real well and he says, look it, I'm going to be doing some music tonight at one of the churches here in the town. He says, why don't you come to my place and we'll fix you a meal and come with us tonight to the Bible study worship. I said, that'd be great. He said, I'm going to be doing his music and it's a small church, a small church group and as he's sharing his music I turned to his wife. His wife was sitting right next to me. I turned to her and I said, you know, I go, I'm really grown to love your brother. Then I said, oh, I'm sorry. I mean your husband and she said something to me that I have never forgotten. 41 years, I've never forgotten what she said. She said this, she said, no, you were right the first time. And he's my husband. He was my brother before we got married and he's been my brother since we got married. She says, the Lord has made us brother and sister as well as husband and wife. That spiritual aspect of relationship. My wife Marie was my sister before she became my wife and I will treat a sister and the Lord differently than I might treat a woman whom I think I own because after all, she's my wife. There's that attitude that you can have. I need you to do this. Would you do that without showing courtesy? I can be one who just, I need you to do that. I can speak that. I remember when we were fairly newly married Marie said or did something that I didn't like and it bothered me and I spoke sharply to her and when I spoke sharply to her the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart in a way that I've never forgotten and said, you be careful how you speak to her. That's my little girl. I've never forgotten that. That's my little girl and the Lord reminded me that Marie belonged to him long before she became my wife. She belongs to him. In your marriage. This is so practical that many people ignore what I'm saying. In your marriage. If your wife or husband is a believer they are your sister and your mother in Jesus and you treat them differently than you would treat a husband just a husband or a wife. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. You show him courtesies. You speak to him differently. You act differently towards him in some of the practical social ways. You just treat him in a different fashion. I've brought that into my marriage. Marie is my sister as well as my wife and so I want to treat her and give her some insight into a relationship you treat them with respect and love. That spouse is more than just a husband just a wife they're my family in Christ and when you treat them like that it deepens the relationship in ways that you can't imagine. Marie and I had been going for a few months going around and she had Bible questions and she would ask me she still to this day will ask me Bible questions and she asked me in heaven because she'd already asked me to marry her and I had said yes. She said in heaven are we going to be married and I laughed I started laughing I said no why why would we be married in heaven and I said in heaven we're like the angels there's no reproduction in heaven there's a set amount so we get into heaven and as I'm looking at her I'm kind of why would you ask them like that she starts to cry and I look at her and I go why are you crying I wanted to be married with you in heaven what I said the thought of that just blows my mind I said most people can't handle me for 45 minutes that's the length of a church service I said you want to you want me to be with you forever are you kidding me and she wasn't I had never experienced a love that would tolerate me more than a date let alone let alone having a desire for a lifetime into an eternity when you grab hold of that it changes you it changes the way you think it changes the way that you address one another it changes the way you treat one another it's a higher relationship than just looking at a person saying this is my wife this is my sister this is my spouse this is a relationship that God brought together we will be together for eternity married did no no we won't be married in heaven no we'll have a deep relationship though we'll hang around Maria now you'll see us hanging around I'm not going to let very many people hang around or more than I do I'll be with her and I look forward to that but Solomon is giving us some inside husbands and wives you're deeper than simply saying it's deeper than that this is my family this is everything we're together united in Christ now as he's sharing we see in verse 12 a garden enclosed is my sister my spouse a spring a fountain sealed your plants are an orchard of pomegranate with pleasant fruits fragrant henna with spikynard spikynard and saffron with all the chief spices a fountain of gardens a well of living waters and streams from Lebanon and then the Shulamai says awake oh north wind and come oh south blow upon my garden that its spices may flow out let my beloved come to his garden and eat its pleasant fruits when he says in verse 12 a garden encloses my sister my spouse and it speaks of her about being a garden enclosed or a spring that is shut up and the garden was enclosed the spring was shut up and the fountain was sealed he's speaking of her purity her purity had been safeguarded and her virtue captivated him we have young virgins today think oh I'm not sophisticated your purity is captivating to people they see it as a beautiful thing Solomon saw it that way but her purity had been safeguarded so it was her virtue that captivated him in verses 13 through 15 when he speaks of the plants she's speaking with Solomon the time together has been enjoyable and fulfilling to both of them before marriage she was close to sexual intimacy but now she is appropriately open to it and that's why in verse 16 we read the words awake oh north wind and come oh south she wants to be awakened completely to the joy of physical love with Solomon and she wants her husband to experience her fully she's not holding her love back from him completely and that's why she says let my beloved come to his garden and eat its pleasant fruits she's saying I'm holding nothing back from you and he is completely satisfied in her and how did this begin it began with words of love you are fair my love behold you are fair it began with love with words of love he didn't pressure her he didn't force her he didn't get her to do things he treated her as the precious precious gift that she is and she responded to that by saying she's here she says I'm here for you in every way that you want me because when you love somebody like that they're totally open to you like she is father we ask that we would learn what love making really is it really begins with words and sincerity it begins with love that's pure it doesn't begin with pressure it doesn't precede a marriage covenant intimacy is the reward of waiting and so I ask Lord that you would work within us and those who are single within this fellowship awaken a sense of the need for purity and need for intimacy and a need to be a brother and a sister in everything else treating each other with respect because even as Paul reminded us we treat the younger women as sisters with all purity we don't take advantage of our own sisters we treat them with purity because they are our sisters and so I'm asking Lord that we might get that message and live it and may our marriages those of us who are married may they be a constant honeymoon and another in every aspect that you've created us to enjoy we lift this to you now Lord and pray that you continue to move amongst us even as our eyes are closed our heads are bowed there may be some who right now need some prayer you need to get right with the Lord there are issues perhaps you're dealing with whatever the case you need some prayer and if you want prayer would you raise your hand and let me pray for you right now right where you're at just raise your hands so that I might see you Lord you see these hands and you know the reason they're being raised to you and I'm asking that as you reach down that you would meet these these hands as they're inhaled up meet these needs that are being represented by these hands Lord and you know the heart of these individuals and the greatest desires and their longings you know the regrets and pains that they carry you know the wounds that only you can heal so I'm asking that you would reach down right now and you would touch these lives and Father there have been errors and sin if there have been mistakes made poor judgments I'm praying that right now you would establish them once again on the rock of Jesus Christ and may they just come back to you Lord right now and be washed and be clean and from this day on may their lives be clean in you so may your spirit work and may you do your work and we receive from you and thank you bless you Lord you can put your hands down and Jesus would you keep moving in all of us now and work with us we pray in your name Amen Amen and I know that the study was encouraging and I want to thank you for your continued support and prayers and invite you to join us next Sunday night as we move into the next part of our study as I mentioned earlier if you would like to give your offering you can do so online if you're using a computer click on the give button in the upper right corner of your screen if you're watching on your mobile device or iPad click give under the menu button if this is your first time giving digitally follow the instruction there are ways to give to process your gift and finally you can either mail your checks to 12205 North Pipeline Avenue Chino, California 91710 or if you're able you can come to the sanctuary and use the kiosk we have in the foyer that are set up to process gifts you can also place your gift in an envelope handed to one of the receptionists in the foyer so thank you God be with you and we look forward to having you with us once again